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1.SECURITYCHALLENGES
ANDTHEPOWERRELATIONSHIP
1.1.TheNeedtoRethinkSecurityMeasuresAreas
ofRegionalInstability
ResearchcarriedoutbytheInstituteforEconomicsandPeace(IEP)in2015
determinedthattheworldasawholewasstablewhenmeasuredintermsofpeace-
fulness.Thiswasanaverageresultcalculatedusingtheglobalpeaceindex(GPI)
fortheperiod2014to2015(IEP2015a).AsTable1.1shows,someoftheregions
listed(ranked1stto3rd)observedgrowinglevelsofpeaceandstability,while
othersdidnot.EuropeisthemostpeacefulregionwhiletheMiddleEastand
NorthAfricaarethemostunstable.
Table1.1
WorldGlobalPeaceIndex(2014and2015)
Rank2015(2014)
2(2)
3(3)
5(5)
6(6)
7(7)
8(9)
9(8)
1(1)
4(4)
MiddleEastandNorth
Sub-SaharanAfrica
RussiaandEurasia
andtheCaribbean
CentralAmerica
NorthAmerica
SouthAmerica
Asia-Pacific
SouthAsia
Region
Europe
Africa
World
GPI2015
18.437
1.566
2.248
2.385
1.662
2.053
2.091
2.199
2.352
1.881
GPI2014
18.726
1.609
2.360
1.923
2.401
2.269
2.039
2.293
1.722
2.110
Change
–0.043
–0.06
–0.042
+0.014
–0.019
–0.07
–0.045
–0.049
+0.025
–0.289
Source:IEP(2014,pp.7–12;2015a,pp.10–15).